Attending: Margie Brimer; Robert Bohenstiehl, Scott Fuemmler, Julia Clay, Tim Nadeau, Ted Bleil, Peggy Guest, Winky Chestnutt, Tim Nadeau, Vera Nadeau, Betty Bowen, Maryellen McVicker, Sabra Meyer, Wayne Lammers, Art Schneider.

Historian Bob Dyer did a superb job of capturing significant and colorful people who have been a part of Boonville's history. At the end of this report I have included the list he discussed. We will try in the coming months to put more information bout each of the people listed on Mo-River.Net. Also, at the end of this list I have included the Boonville Sesquicentennial Timeline provided by Wayne Lammers. Wayne would like to continue working on that project with some editing and additions.

Bob noted that he originally drew up a list of more than 150 people. Ranking significance for "X" number in the Boonville Hall of Fame remains to be decided. This is a project that probably will require much discourse. Bob did not include contemporary figures. (I think that if he did, he would qualify).

Discussion also revolved around the idea of some figures being included under broader categories, such as explorers, merchants, retailers, potters, educators, warriors, photographers, journalists, families and so on...

Scott Fuemmler discussed stone suitable for such a project and receommended black granite. It is durable, can be etched with very fine detail--almost photographic. His artist, Ken, said he works freehand from a photograph or drawing or painting.

Black granite 8 feet by 3 feet and two inches thick would cost about $2100--including lettering. There would be additional cost for picture etching. He would need at least 90 to 120 days lead time after ordering the granite before work could begin.

Maryellen McVicker reported that both the city and the county officials sere sent requests to assist in the funding. Within the next week or so we should know of the county's decision and before April 1 the city's decision.

There was considerable discussion as to local or statewide or national artists be involved in the project. Group consensus was that for Hannah Cole, the artist must live or have a studio in the Boonslick area. Maryellen McVicker was asked to provide a list of the counties, which basically are two deep along the Missouri River. This is the list of eligible counties that she forwarded after the meeting:

There was considerable discussion on the type of material for a statue of Hannah Cole: stone,

bronze, other materials. Consensus the statue should be bronze, but would not necessarily rule out other submissions Statue would be approximately 7.5 feet tall (if standing). Could be in sitting or other position that, if standing, would be approximately 7.5 feet tall.

Consensus the statue would be in period (1810) costume. Maryellen McVicker will provide.

Proposals would set $60,000 as maximum cost for a bronze statue. When selection is complete, the artist would have 30 days to provide a maquette for public comment. Also requested is an independent or modified proposal for $40,000.

The proposed statue will be the centerpiece of what currently is known as Morgan Street Park.

In addition to a concept drawing (center view preferably on white 8 by 12 paper--other views and sizes also welcome), portfolio of past commissions and references are to be included.

No drawings or pictures exist of Hannah Cole. The consortium may include a requirement that the face be drawn from a living figure or other person. (Part of the fundraising may include a contest to select the "face" for the statue.

Hannah Cole was approximately age 40.

Submissions are due by May 1, 2003, and should be submitted to:

Dr. Maryellen McVicker, Executive Director
Friends of Historic Boonville
614 East Morgan Street
Boonville, Mo. 65233

A committee will be selected to review entries and select finalists. Public input will be selected from the finalist submissions.

A rough list of approximately 140 entries were compiled by May, 1989. These entries were narrowed to 115 and transferred to index cards which were numbered and dates.

This information was then submitted to Jack Dillender and the Sesquicentennial Committee. After approval was granted stencils and paint were purchased.

Sara Rohrs and Yardley Wing were contacted to assist with some of the painting. The actual painting took three weeks and was completed at 4:00 p.m. June 21, 1989, the day before the Sesquicentennial.

Researcher: Brian S. Tate

Age 17

719 E. Morgan

Boonville, Missouri 65233

Painter: Brian Tate

Assistants: Sara Rohrs and Yardley Wing

BOONVILLE TIME LINE

1803 - Louisiana Purchase

1806 - Lewis and Clark explore the Boonslick and Missouri River Valley Areas

1810 - Hannah Cole settles on the present site of Boonville

1812 - Saukee Indian Revolt

1812 - April 8, Mount Pleasant Church is organized

1813 - July 8, First school in the area is opened and taught by John Savage

1816 - First court session opens

1816 - July 8, First river ferry opens

1816 - December 6, First survey of lands

1817 - August 1, Boonville plans laid out by Morgan and Lucas

1818 - December 17, Cooper County is organized

1819 - First public road

1819 - January 25, Hannah Cole sells Boonville area to Lockhart and Carrol

1819 - March 1, First Circuit Court is held

1819 - May 29, Independence becomes the first steamboat to land near Port Authority

1819 - June 13, Western Engineer becomes the second steamboat to land in the area

1819 - August 2, First election is held

1821 - June 4, Missouri is admitted to the Union as a state

1823 - First courthouse is built

1826 - Franklin floods, making Boonville the dominant town on the Santa Fe Trail

1832 - Black Hawk War

1833 - Last Indian claim in Missouri is eliminated

1830 - Early 30’s - Boonville Pottery is founded

1833 - May, Boonville Water Company is privately organized

1834 - Boonville Herald becomes the first newspaper

1838 - Mormon War

1839 - May 3, Boonville is incorporated as a city.

1840 - Warsaw becomes the first steamboat to be built and launched successfully in Boonville

1840 - Main Street constructed

1843 - Mosely and Starley open a local Brewery

1844 - June-18, Flood of 1844

1844 - June, Kemper Military School is founded, the first class made up of 5 students

1847 - First bank is opened by William H. Trigg

1850’s - Jegglin Pottery opens

1852 - Inception of Walnut Grove Cemetery under Mr. Aehle

1853 - First Missouri State Fair is held on Boonville’s fairgrounds

1853 - Temperance Movement

1855 - Thespian Hall is built

1857 - February 2, First railroad is chartered

1860 - Wyrich Pottery is founded

1861 - June 16, First Battle of Boonville

1863 - October 11, Shelby’s Raid of Boonville

1864 - October 11-13, Price’s Raid of Boonville

1867 - September 23, First public school opens

1868 - Summer School established

1872 - September, Construction on the Boonville Railroad Bridge begins

1874 - Railroad Bridge completed

1880 - Cochran Constructions Company becomes active

1881 - June 7, Walnut Grove Cemetery becomes public

1881 - Flood of 1881

1884 - Sumner High School established

1887 - Boonville Board of Trade is organized

1887 - Harley Park is dedicated

1892 - McGuire Seminary opens

1901 - Thespian Hall is converted into Stephen’s Opera House

1902 - Missouri-Pacific Depot is erected

1902 - McGuire Seminary closes

1903 - First flower parade

1903 - June 5, Flood of 1903 (June 5 was the peak)

1905 - Flood of 1905

1905 - July 1, City obtains Boonville Water Company

1906 - Fredrick Hotel is built

1911 - Phoenix-American Cob Pipe Factory opens

1912 - Katy Depot erected

1912 - Third courthouse is built

1915 - Fire Department becomes mobilized

1915 - September 1, Laura Speed Elliot High School opens

1916 - October 30, Boonville National Bank opens

1917 - May 1, Boonville’s first World War I casualty

1918 - September 4, St. Joseph’s Hospital is dedicated

1919 - Boonville Daily News is founded

1919 - Hamilton Brown Shoe Company opens

1923 - Construction on the Boonville Bridge begins

1924 - Boonville Bridge opens

1924 - S. S. Peter and Paul School is built

1925 - Electric Power Plant is built

1928 - Old Trails Bank fails, foreshadowing the Great Depression

1930 - January 31, Lawrence Mabre becomes the last man to hang in Missouri

1933 - Main Street is paved

1936 - Kiwanis Club opens pool

1936 - Robert Wadlow, tallest man, visits Boonville

1937 - Central School burns

1937 - Cooper County Record established

1938 - Shirley Temple visits Holt’s Café

1938 - Central School rebuilt

1938 - First airmail service

1941 - Selwyn Shoe Company opens in the old Hamilton Brown Factory

1943 - Boonville bakery and mills burn

1944 - Sunset Lodge burns

1944 - April, Flood of 1944

1951 - Viertel Storage Garage fire

1953 - McGraw Edison opens

1953 - KWRT goes on the air

1954 - First dial telephone in Boonville

1950’s Late - I-70 is completed

1958 - David Barton Elementary School opens

1960 - Hubert Fiberboard opens

1963 - A & P opens

1968 - Present day high school opens as an elementary school

1968 - City Hall moves into the old post office

1971 - Friends of Historic Boonville is organized

1973 - Cooper County Memorial Hospital opens

1973 - Bimet opens

1974 - Newtex (now Artex) opens

19974 - Jesse P. Viertel Memorial Airport opens

1974 - Boonslick Vocational-Technical School opens

1978 - CCBC is formed

1978 - Industrial Development Authority of the City of Boonville is organized

1979 - Intertherm, Inc. opens

1982 - Local resident wins big in national sweepstakes

1983 - Flood of 1983

1986, - October, Flood of 1986

1987 - July 28, Boonville appears on Good Morning America on ABC

1988 - Vice Presidential Candidate (elected vice president) Dan Quayle visits Stephanie’s Steak House

1989 - June, Boonville Sesquicentennial Celebration